Speculative Blackness The Future of Race in Science Fiction |
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| Author:
| Carrington, André M.
Carrington, André M. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8166-7896-9 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2016 |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.00 |
Book Description:
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André M. Carrington analyzes the highly racialized genre ofspeculative fiction--including science fiction, fantasy, and utopian works,along with their fan cultures--to illustrate the relationship between genreconventions in media and the meanings ascribed to blackness in the popularimagination. Speculative Blackness reveals new understandings of thesignificance of blackness in twentieth-century American literature and culture.
André M. Carrington analyzes the highly racialized genre ofspeculative fiction--including science fiction, fantasy, and utopian works,along with their fan cultures--to illustrate the relationship between genreconventions in media and the meanings ascribed to blackness in the popularimagination. Speculative Blackness reveals new understandings of thesignificance of blackness in twentieth-century American literature and culture.